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Thursday, 31 July 2014

I Am The Avalanche are an indie rock/pop punk band from Brooklyn, New York. They were formed in 2004 by Vinnie Caruana after the breakup of The Movielife and after shortly playing guitar in Daryl Palumbo's post-Glassjaw band Head Automatica. They were originally signed to Drive-Thru Records but only released their debut album and a split with The Early November on the label. There was a 6 year wait in between full-lengths for the band, and between then they changed labels to I Surrender before their second full-length. They have toured and played with many bands from the past to the present and in support of their third full-length, they are about to start 2 co-headlining tours this fall with Modern Baseball and Dads.

For Fans Of: The Movielife (obviously), Bayside, Saves The Day, Brand New

Monday, 28 July 2014

Alright, here's a band that anyone even remotely into melodic hardcore needs to know. They are right up there with Modern Life Is War, Have Heart, Verse, etc. as one of the most essential bands to come out in the past ten years or so. Killing The Dream were a five-piece melodic hardcore band from Sacramento, California that formed in 2002 and broke up in 2011. In their time, the band managed to pump out all the fury and passion they could muster into three stunning full-lengths, a bludgeoning EP, compilation, and demo. All the assaultive, mosh-worthy, scream along lyrics you would expect from a band in this genre are here, but Killing The Dream managed to raise the bar on all of them and just pushed everything past its limit. They were also backed by some amazing names, being signed to Deathwish, working with legendary producers such as Kurt Ballou and J. Robbins, as well as artwork done by Jacob Bannon (in my opinion, the work he did for KTD is some of his best). Enjoy.

Frameworks are a five-piece post-hardcore/screamo/melodic hardcore band from Gainesville, Florida that formed in 2011. They just put out their first full-length this year, Loom, on Topshelf Records, and holy shit is it good. The band blends harsh, screamed vocals with intricate instrumental parts, using both clean arpeggios as well as distorted climaxes. The band uses the perfect balance of dissonance and melody, creating dynamic songs that go in many different directions. Fans of modern bands such as Pianos Become The Teeth, The Saddest Landscape, We Were Skeletons, Tiny Moving Parts, Old Gray, Prawn, Caravels and Native need to check out Frameworks. They certainly stand out as far as modern post-hardcore/screamo goes, and all their work so far has been mind-blowing. Enjoy.

Sunday, 27 July 2014

The Movielife were a five-piece pop punk/melodic hardcore band from Long Island New York. They are one of my favorite bands and one of (in my opinion) the most underrated pop punk bands to this day. They formed in 1997 and were active until suddenly breaking up in 2003. The band was around such a short time but went on to influence many bands such as Bayside, Brand New, Set Your Goals and Crime in Stereo. So in some form essentially all bands currently playing pop punk. They played a form of fast melodic punk that the Long Island scene was known for and were originally signed to Fadeaway records before moving onto Revelation on their way up to Drive-Thru Records. After disbanding vocalist Vinnie Caruana went on to form I Am The Avalanche and guitarist Brandon Reilly formed Nightmare of You.

For Fans Of: Set Your Goals, The Wonder Years, Saves The Day, Brand New

Pet Symmetry are three-piece indie/emo band from Chicago, Illinois, that formed in 2012. The band features Evan Weiss, main member of Into It. Over It., as well as Stay Ahead Of The Weather and There/Their/They're. Erik Czaja from Dowsing plays guitar, and Marcus Nuccio plays drums. Pet Symmetry is currently signed to Asian Man Records. They sound a lot like Into It. Over It., with catchy, uptempo songs about midwest living. Their discography is quite small as of now, so definitely check out everything below. Enjoy!

Friday, 25 July 2014

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I'll figure our which ones have the password and reupload them without it. I'm really sorry guys.

Mixtapes is a four-piece pop punk band from Cincinnati, Ohio, formed in 2010. They are currently signed to No Sleep Records. In my opinion, they're on a different level of badass. They have male/female dual vocals which really sets them apart from just about all pop punk bands. It's kind of like if Candy Hearts and blink-182 had a baby. They have plenty of fast-paced fun songs, but also have they're fair share of songs that are slowed down and really deep and meaningful. They can be enjoyed by just about anyone, and I strongly recommend their album Ordinary Silence to everyone.

FFO: Candy Hearts, old blink-182, Forever Came Calling, old Bowling For Soup, old The Wonder Years, Sum 41, Veara

Trap Them are a four-piece hardcore/grindcore/metal band from New Hampshire, New England and Seattle, Washington. They formed in 2002 but didn't become fully active until 2006. Since then, they have been annihilating album after album. They've worked with labels such as Deathwish, Southern Lord, and Prosthetic, which is a sign that they've earned their place as one of the most noteworthy hardcore/metal bands in the last few years. A new album just dropped which definitely shows no sign of them slowing down. If you are looking for a chaos with a pulsating, beast-like intensity, Trap Them is exactly what you want to hear. Especially if the metal aspects of bands like Entombed or the hardcore leanings of bands such as Cursed appeal to you. Trap Them fit perfectly in both worlds, and seamlessly blend them together (not that there's a ton of difference, but they certainly have different aesthetics).

A Stubborn Reminder...

Please remember, not everything on here is supposed to be free. Enjoy to your heart's content, but if you can, please try and support these bands by purchasing records, going to shows, buying merch, anything if at all possible. Most of them could really use (and deserve) it.